If home remedies don't work for an ingrown toenail, your doctor may recommend the following:

1. Nail lift: For mild ingrown toenails (with redness and pain but no pus), your doctor may carefully lift the edge of the ingrown nail and place cotton, dental floss, or a splint underneath. This separates the nail from the overlying skin and helps it grow over the skin's edge. At home, you'll need to soak the toe in a solution daily.

2. Partial nail removal: For more severe ingrown toenails (with redness, pain, and pus), your doctor may trim or remove the ingrown portion of the nail. Before the procedure, your doctor may temporarily numb the toe with an injection of anesthetic.

3. Nail and tissue removal: If the problem recurs on the same toe, your doctor may remove part of the nail along with the underlying tissue (the nail bed). This procedure can prevent that part of the nail from growing back. The doctor uses chemical methods, lasers, or other methods.

It is a very simple and safe surgery (cosmetic surgery).

1. The patient is positioned in a sitting or upright position.

2. The anesthesiologist administers local anesthesia to the area to be operated on.

3. The nail is cleaned and sterilized to prevent infection.

4. The finger is bandaged with an elastic bandage to minimize bleeding during surgery.

5. A cutting instrument is used to remove the nail, followed by forceps for complete removal.

6. The nail is then covered to protect it.